[重要] 化学工程专业排名

teddybearUID：80681

正如我们知道的
美国的学校明确说不限制年龄性别种族等等
也许不一定确实如此

但是应该承认她们这方面比国内的情况好得多

我觉得你的经历特别是工作和项目的联系紧密程度如何
这比任何其他因素都重要
别有顾虑
大胆的去找！
祝你好运
：）

teddybearUID：80681

你的GPA是怎麽样计算系统?你最好仔细看看怎麽有利自己的算法
按照现在的GPA,很可能申请的时候会吃大亏了


很抱歉的说:(

teddybearUID：80681

或许
你可以补充说明学校实力很好
学校你排名多少
那样可以看出分数不高但是学得很好

teddybearUID：80681

你的情况确实很棘手
学校筛选人的时候很可能因为这些原因
第一轮就淘汰出局


我想你最好的办法只能是把精力放在陶瓷上了
或许如果教授决心要你
你的机会就来了

给你贴一封信,希望对你有所帮助:)
一些美国人对于陶瓷的态度！！ （比较详细）
发信人: PCR (Tag酶), 信区: Abroad
标 题: 美国人对于陶瓷的态度！！ZZ
发信站: 南京大学小百合站 (Sun Feb 3 11:00:41 2002)


Dear Micheal,
I read your statement again during the weekend .
It is clearly that there is a cultural differences here. In
the US, the criteria to admit a student primarily rests on
merits (connection may count in some private elitist schools
where that the parents being an alumni will or a big contributor
add points). Especially in public university, the admission
process is very transparent and conducted in a committee. When
I was at Berkeley, I ran for one of the two student representatives
to the doctoral admission committee.I read admission files with my
other 5 faculty members. During the three rounds of discussion, I
had one vote just like each of my professors. We admitted the students
purely based on merits. There was a separately financial support
committee composing with faculty and students who do not need
financial aids (for fear of conflict of interests).

We developed a table by GRE, TOFEL, SAT and GPA. It is easy to screen
off about 70% of the applicants who were obviously unqualified -- low
scores, lack of supporting documents, incomplete forms, major errors,
missing deadlines, etc. Then we divided the remaining 30% into three
groups -- must accept (students we love to get when they may go to
other better schools), should accept (those who are good enough), and
the marginal case (usually we put them on waiting list). Doctoral
admission also relies on another important factor -- whether there is a
professor in the department who has common research interest to take
care of the applicant for the next 5 years. This is not very important
for a master applicant because most master programs are fairly
standardized.

So, with a reasonably good TOFEL and GRE score, how can you market yourself
better? Your academic training, your academic interest, your
future career or scholastic plan, and your dedication are the stuff the
admission committee will examine. Letters of reference are very
important but you don't have that advantage because unless you are
applying to a school where your professor at *** graduated (or your
professor is known in the field worldwide); otherwise, these letters from
China (sometimes with translation) will not help too much. Of
course, you must make sure none of these letters hurt you. Then what
makes you different from other applicants and deserving a fellowship?
Some work sample, prior studies, project reports will give the committee
a chance to gauge your level of competence. So only send stuff
that is good -- it is tough because of the translation requirement.
Life is full of constraints and opportunities. So you try your best and
hope of the best. When opportunities present to you, seize them.
Your score is good enough to get to most schools (don't worry about the
verbal part of the GRE -- which you are very good as a non-English
speaker and your TOFEL is OK because it is above 600. You will be
accepted by some schools but then what?
You have several options:
a. get to the cheapest and most affordable place that accepts you --
it may be in a remote, isolated place. But if you are lucky, you
study a subject you like in a program that is solid.
b. get to a good university but financially you are bit vulnerable --
you may be in the field you like or not.
Here good university means the fame of the whole university --
not the standard of the department. You should do some research about
the reputation by department in the fields you applied for. The fame of
the whole university is more relevant for undergraduates. For graduate
schools, the department's reputation counts more because of the network
of professors in that field. For example, computer science at Penn
is lousy but its MBA is the best in the world (better than Harvard and
Yale). Also my previous university FIU is lousy but its
hopitality/sea cruise program is one of the best two in the country
(the other one in Las Vegas). It is about the niche.
All this related back to your goals. It seems to me that you just
want to study in the US regardless interest. If you show such desperation
in your application, it may raise a red flag. Committees want to accept
good students in terms of academic potential. So try your best to
hide that motivation. Since it is a practical concern to you, you may like
to go for option a. as defined above. Use the 2 years as a time
to get adjusted, obtain a very high GPA, complete one or two excellent
term papers. You should know the niche of graduate schools in your
field, so you may consider transfer in the second year, or get another
master degrees or a doctoral. Also develop your connection and
identify your true academic interest in those two years. Make sure that
when you applied for Ph.D. or for a job, you have 2 to 3 American
professors who are fully supportive.
Given your ability, you would like the US because this is a place that
appreciates handwork and individual merit. It is a country full of
opportunities. Guanxi helps but not a factor that limit you. However,
you must be very independent and always lonely in mastering your
future and taking your responsibilities.
Another matter is about the long-term career future. Computer, IT &
biotech will be the future of the world just like electricity,
telephone, telegram around the turn of the 20th century. Despite the
setback of the high-tech industries (dot.com, etc.) in the past 10
months, these field have lot of future. However what I saw in the past
decade was that most Asian students came and stayed in engineering
and then computer; then make a good living. Few of them were
entrepreneurial enough to have their own companies. Most of them lived in an

isolated social and cultural setting that they did not fully integrate into
the US mainstream. The main reason is that they lack the
language skill, so they could not get to marketing or key positions which \
require bargaining, negotiation, and management skill -- all in
English. It is clear that when they were studying here, they did not use English
. They found a place to excel in their technical and
mathematical expressions. This specialization hurts them in the long-term,
so some of them returned to Taiwan and Korea. Some try to work
in import and export trade between Asian and the US. Some worked for Dell, I BM,Microsoft but worked in China. I just let you know you can
choose if you prepare yourselves early enough. It is up to you to pick the
best path for you.You will be on your own most time but I am happy to
discuss with you if I have less time pressure.
Take care and good luck!

teddybearUID：80681

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We developed a table by GRE, TOFEL, SAT and GPA. It is easy to screen
off about 70% of the applicants who were obviously unqualified -- low
scores, lack of supporting documents, incomplete forms, major errors,
missing deadlines, etc. Then we divided the remaining 30% into three
groups -- must accept (students we love to get when they may go to
other better schools), should accept (those who are good enough), and
the marginal case (usually we put them on waiting list). Doctoral
admission also relies on another important factor -- whether there is a
professor in the department who has common research interest to take
care of the applicant for the next 5 years.
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可以参考一下，设想一下

你最好不要自己编造GPA，因为他们会计算的，或者看到你都是6、70分却很高的GPA，一眼就看出来不好了


陶瓷，说实话谁也不知道具体该怎么套，不过也要硬头皮上吧
你可以先把类似PS的浓缩简要添加对教授的认识啊，你的基本情况和希望啊
等等发信给他们，或许会找到合适的机会。